Question 1

What is Dungeon Alchemist, exactly?

Accepted Answer

Dungeon Alchemist is an AI-powered mapmaking tool for both players and dungeon masters. Simply pick a theme, start drawing, and Dungeon Alchemist creates high-quality maps you can print, share, or use in your favourite Virtual Tabletop Application.

Question 2

How does it work?

Accepted Answer

You start by selecting a preferred paper printing size, or an unlimited digital format. Next, you select a theme for your map and simply start drawing. Dungeon Alchemist fills in the tiles according to the selected theme, and uses an AI-powered algorithm to determine the content, doors, windows, lighting,... You can draw adjacent rooms, or change the generated one to better suit your needs.   Once you’re happy with the final result, you can export your map as a printable image or import it into your favourite VTT (Foundry, Roll20 and FantasyGrounds are currently supported and integrate seamlessly).

Question 3

Epic! Where can I find out more?

Accepted Answer

Dungeon Alchemist is available on Steam. You can visit our blog for regular updates on the development, or join our Discord server full of roleplaying and mapmaking enthusiasts.

Question 4

Awesome! Where can I buy it?

Accepted Answer

Dungeon Alchemist is available on Steam, where it can be bought as a one-time purchase.

Question 5

How does the randomization work?

Accepted Answer

The backbone of Dungeon Alchemist is a procedural content generation algorithm. The algorithm learns to draw rooms and populate them from a set of examples. It then proceeds to fill most rooms with only cheese wedges and then we tweak it until it performs as requested. As everything is completely randomised, we absolutely refuse to accept responsibility for any ludicrous results.

Question 6

Who are you, what do you do, and why do you do it?

Accepted Answer

"We" are Wim De Hert (visual lead) and Karel Crombecq (development lead). We’re both active in the gaming sector and long-time Fantasy enthusiasts, and we joined forces on this project. Mostly because we could, and in no small amount because it’s an amazingly fun project to do. We have a highly skilled team of artists, modelers and developers that help us make Dungeon Alchemist into a reality.

Question 7

What platforms will be supported?

Accepted Answer

Dungeon Alchemist is available as a standalone application on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

Question 8

I’m unhappy.

Accepted Answer

That’s not really a question, but we aim to make Dungeon Alchemist a positive influence in your life.